Texas, Ohio, Alabama, et al., Amici Curiae
Scott A. Keller, Counsel of Record
Texas, Ohio, and Alabama are joined in this brief by 17 other States. Scott A. Keller has served as solicitor general for the State of Texas since January 2015. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2016. Petitioners are religious nonprofits with sincere religious objections to maintaining an insurance relationship or plan through which coverage for contraceptive drugs is delivered. Executive Branch regulations now mandate that Petitioners do just that. Many non-religious employers already receive an exemption from the mandate for purely secular reasons. The departments…
